Mining Incidents

No 2 Coal

Sher-Mel Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Johnson Ersel
Big Rock, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4405896

MSHA record for No 2 (mine ID 4405896). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
15
Years on record
1984–1985
Latest incident
Dec 1985
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

15 on file

1985 · 6 incidents

October 17, 1985 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Sher-Mel Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

OPERATOR HAD HIS HAND ON THE CONTROL KNOBS OF THE PINNER. HIS HAND BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE ROOF AND THE PINNER.

May 29, 1985 VA · Coal MACHINERY
Sher-Mel Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPL PINNING TOP WHEN ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN SAFETY JACKS.ROCK STRUCK EMPL ON LEFT SHOULDER AND LEFT HIP AREA.

May 2, 1985 VA · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Sher-Mel Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE REPORTED ON 5-2-85 THAT HIS KNEE WASHURT. I,NAME REPORTED THE ACCIDENT TO I,NAME SOME WEEKS PRIOR. BUT SAID IT WAS NOT SERIOUS ENOUGH TO GO TO THE DOCTOR, BUT THE KNEE KEPT GETTING WO RSE. THE COMPANY DID NOT FILL OUT AN ACCIDENT REPORT AT THAT TIME.

April 3, 1985 VA · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sher-Mel Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TRY TO LEVEL UP MINE CAR FOR TRACTOR TO COUPLE UP TO IT. GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN TRACTOR & CAR BRUISING LEFT SHOULDER.

February 1, 1985 VA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sher-Mel Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

HIT KNEE ON SCOOP GETTING OUT OF DECK. EES KNEE STARTED TO GIVE HIM COMPLICATIONS & HE WENT TO T HE DOCTOR ON 3-25-85.

1984 · 9 incidents

November 29, 1984 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech ELECTRICAL
Sher-Mel Coal Company Inc · Flash burns (electric)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A MINER WHEN A LINE STARTER EXPLOSED AND BURNED EMPLOYEES FACE EYES AND BOTH HANDS

October 13, 1984 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sher-Mel Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE SAID HE WAS CHANGING BATTERIES ON A T R ACTOR AND WHEN HE RAISED UP HIS BACK STARTED HURTING EMPLOYEE DID NOT GO TO THE DOCTOR UNTIL 11/5/84

October 1, 1984 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Sher-Mel Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE MOVING ROOF BOLTING MACHINE EMP CARELESLY LET MACHINE RUN OVER HIS LEFT FOOT

September 17, 1984 VA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Sher-Mel Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPL HANGING CURTAIN AND ROCK FELL ON NECK.ROCK WAS 1\\THICK X 18\\ X 18\\.

August 10, 1984 VA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Sher-Mel Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

DRAW ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLT NEXT TO RT RIB STRIKING I.NAME MINE FOREMAN FOR SHER-MEL COAL CO ON RIGHT ANKLE RESULT IN SPRAIN OF RIGHT ANKLE

July 14, 1984 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sher-Mel Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

I NAME WAS PULLING APP 9 FT OF MINER CABLE WHEN LEFT SHOULDER SEPORATED .

June 9, 1984 VA · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator MACHINERY
Sher-Mel Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WE HAD MINER BLOCK UP FOR REPAIR I.NAME WAS INSTALLING BLOCK UNDER STAB JACK WHEN HE SAID HE WAS READY TO LIFT MINER WHILE HAVING INDEX FINGER BETWEEN TWO CRIB BLOCKS

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